So you are saying that given the ability of minerals elements to form into lattice structures , forming near perfect geometric shapes , that its
impossible for the same lattice to crack and give rise to further geometric shapes?

please explain to me then if you think pyrite cubes are man made ?
when there is clearly enough geological evidence to prove that they form perfect cubes naturally without any interaction from humans!

I would suggest you study some geology , and learn about how mineral rocks actually form , how minerals interact
I think you will be quite surprised by the geometric patterns and shapes , that nature already makes without humans !

I think you will need to try to provide proof that cracks cant give rise to geometric shapes in bedrock !

given that the bedrock already forms in geometric shapes and layers

Look at the various types of bedrock, then look at the straiations in the rock , and how these form due to fault movement in the tectonic plates.

Then look at stratification which is due to lava flow and various other geological processes , these are all made by nature
no humans involved.

I think you need to look at how many geometric patterns and shapes already exist in nature , then you will realise , that is where humans got the
ideas of geometry from !

Nature informed us , we didnt make these no humans made these !
its all nature .

there is also a really cool image of the process ! lots of good stuff in that study !

now given that to melt basalt rock it needs to be in the region of 1000 degrees celcius
how do you propose man done this, how did they melt large volumes of basalt rock and then control it to form these columns?

can you at least attempt to explain how it was done if that is what your theory proposes ?

a reply to: sapien82
The UPI story is propaganda fake news, a click bait.
Quoted from UPI news story (www.upi.com...):
" As it contracts, cracks and forms columns, scientists can watch and measure the changes in temperature."
However, the experiments DID NOT form any columns. The experiments formed six cracks on six samples (see
wretchfossil.blogspot.com... ). Those six cracks are not "horizontal fractures". They are
ordinary, irregularly shaped cracks. Those six cracks cannot form horizontal cracks in real basalt columns, let alone forming the long flat sides of
the columns in cdn-files.apstatic.com...wretchfossil.blogspot.com...

Geologists tend to think geological processes can result in nearly all kinds of shapes. For example, for many years geologists think ooids, a kind of
tiny spherical sand grains, can be formed without life. The thinking is falsified: billions of tons of the "sand grains" are formed today by bacteria
on Earth and ON MARS. Evidence: wretchfossil.blogspot.com...
So, rock guys, shape up.
Now back to the shape up of the basalt columns. Like big rocks, each basalt column contains millions of rock-forming minerals. Millions of afore-said
rock-forming minerals form IRREGULARLY shaped rocks. The minerals themselves do not have one chance in a trillion to form the columns mentioned in
wretchfossil.blogspot.com...
I studied fossil cells, so I paid attention to shapes. There is a reason for a shape. Geologists pay attention to chemistry, not shape. So, shape up
or lose big.

Geologists tend to think geological processes can result in nearly all kinds of shapes.

Got a link for that?

For example, for many years geologists think ooids, a kind of tiny spherical sand grains, can be formed without life. The thinking is
falsified: billions of tons of the "sand grains" are formed today by bacteria on Earth and ON MARS. Evidence:
wretchfossil.blogspot.com...

Linking to your own unsupported opinion is not evidence. Ooids form around a small particulate core, which may or may not be organic. You have not
falsified the theory of how ooids form, you have just decided on a whim that it is false.

So, rock guys, shape up.
Now back to the shape up of the basalt columns. Like big rocks, each basalt column contains millions of rock-forming minerals. Millions of afore-said
rock-forming minerals form IRREGULARLY shaped rocks. The minerals themselves do not have one chance in a trillion to form the columns mentioned in
wretchfossil.blogspot.com...

Again, unsupported opinion. Basalt rocks do not contain millions of rock forming minerals. They contain a small number of minerals in large
quantities. There is a difference. Your 1 in a trillion chance is firstly a figure plucked out of thin air and secondly not the same as impossible.
The columns themselves are also not regular - they have a superficial regularity but in real life no two are the same.

I studied fossil cells, so I paid attention to shapes. There is a reason for a shape.

Correct, in this case the physics of cooling of a particular material.

Geologists pay attention to chemistry, not shape. So, shape up or lose big.

You have absolutely no idea what geologists do. Chemistry is one part of the picture. Structure is another. Structure and shape are key factors that
make up the landscape that geologists analyse. Physical, as much as chemical processes are key to producing those structures.

Geology textbook says cooling, not drying, produced the cracks of basalt columns. However, many geologists speculate about drying or even sedimentary
rocks, or underground formation of "basalt columns". In a word, debates go on among geologists. Whatever the debates are about, they are not about
man-made processes. The bottom line: many basalt columns are over 20 meters high. They possess vertical flat sides that cannot be explained by any
cracks. Do not dream that experiments could produce vertical cracks that produced the vertical flat surfaces on "basalt columns". Lastly, your photo
shows no flat surfaces on the vertical sides.

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